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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. N01-OD-4-2139, TO #91 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Contract/Grant No. 2001-7477 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Hewlett Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Population, land use, and environment : research directions / Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment, Barbara Entwisle and Paul C. Stern, editors; Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change Center for Economics, Governance, and International Studies Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-309-09655-3 (pbk.)—ISBN 0-309-55030-0 (pdf) 1. Population—Environmental aspects. 2. Land use—Environmental aspects. 3. Human ecology. I. Entwisle, Barbara. II. Stern, Paul C., 1944- III. National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment. IV. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change. HB849.415.P67 2005 304.2—dc22 2005016858 Additional copies of this report are available from the Printed in the United States of America. Copyright 2005 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Cover photo: Composite satellite image of the Pearl River Delta, China, from the Landsat Thematic Mapper (RGB432), circa 1992. Red represents vegetated areas; bright white represents new urban land; bright blue are old urban centers; and various shades of purple or dark blue intermixed with red are fish paddies or farmland. Suggested citation: National Research Council. (2005). Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions. Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment. Barbara Entwisle and Paul C. Stern, editors. Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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